SU(N) geometries and topological string amplitudes

Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-32

  Iqbal, Amer ^a   Kashani Poor, Amir Kian ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 55449123922     PISSN: 10950761     EISSN: 10950753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/ATMP.2006.v10.n1.a1     Document Type: Article

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